I wholeheartedly agree.
im glad to see WAR is still making stuff. that boombox looks sick, but it is out of my range as well. i could be tempted by a deep sale price tho. i think i got my original walkman from them for like 30% off or something
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This must be the filthiest, gunkiest, most disgusting Tascam Portastudio I’ve ever seen.
And it’s all mine.
Someone was selling this for 50€ and I thought what the hell, I need a new project anyway. Really looking forward to cleaning it up cosmetically, peeling all the stickers off and trying to get it to look as nice as it possibly can. Toothbrushes, q-tips, gentle detergents etc. The previous owner was not sure if it worked so at least the basic belt operation awaits I guess.
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Le Club K7 - Disquaire Cassette Audio
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If you come to Paris, exclusively tapes
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Not gonna lie the stickers add a charm to it… I would try to clean it and leave the stickers if possible. Adds to its provenance.
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Got this one for my new Tape adventures!
Not as stylish as them old 70’s tape decks but it sounds really great
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Congrats! I am a big Nakamichi fan - and I really love the sound!
Took a while to get used to the look of my CR4 as well 
Decks of the golden tape era - LOVELY!
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Its really not that bad IMHO. I listen to C-cassettes with my WAR player and a minirig speaker, and it sounds decent enough for me. Sure, it aint a nakamichi by any means, but its not priced like one either.
Anyways, I’ve always considered C-cassettes to be a “cheap & cheerful” lofi medium. If I want to hear quality analogue sound, I turn to my Revox R2R
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That’s for sure, but to me cassette is not only useful as a lo-fi’izer, when using a good old deck can be used similarly to a good R2R to impart some good tape character to program material. A different kind of character from R2R but sometimes more appropriate to the source!
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It cleaned up really nice. And it seems that it does not even need the belts replaced. Everything seems to be in full working order. One of the best 50€ I’ve ever spent.
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Looks awesome!
Do you plan to use it for recordings - or just for replay?
(Would be seriously interested in your opinion and the quality).
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Approached a new discovering new music:
Go to Bandcamp, select genre (deep techno, idm …), filter medium → cassette,
restrict location to EU
Discovered NOORDEN, a cologne based label:
KA-BOOOM 
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I own a second hand bookshop here in Finland that also stocks vinyl, cd, dvd, comics, video games and music gear so the Tascam will probably end up for sale in my shop. I have a tendency to look for very cheap things that I could fix and clean up and then put them in my shop for a small profit. I’ve bought a bunch of synths, guitar pedals and other gear for that purpose.
I have a Tascam 234 in my home studio rack for all my cassette 4-track needs so there’s no point for me to hoard any additional pieces with the same functionality.
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Do you use it productively?
As an entrepreneur I barely have any time to spend in my studio. All my time is taken up by running my business. Would need to do a refurb on the 234 too at some point when I have a free day.
Usually I wait for a free day from work thinking that I’ll do some music but almost every time I end up reading a book or watching a movie instead. It’s not easy but I also don’t really take any pressure of achieving anything anymore. I’m 50, I’ve put out a couple of albums with my band and I’m pretty sure I’ll never put out another one.
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Could have charged extra for the “road worn” finish.
Cheers!
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Shame it’ll only be released in Japan.
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True. I am glad that someone has at least made an attempt to make the mechanism a bit better. Seems like a step in the right direction.
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I got a sudden urge to buy a 3 head deck again, to use it as a colour box. I had one denon a while ago but sold it as it was cumbersome to record. You know I really like how I can record my digis directly on my phone with usb.
Does something smart exist out there that can repurpose a cassette deck to output usb audio? Or some kind of smart cable? Or a modern deck?
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